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6- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, August 22, 1995 Che Port Deven Slay 188 MARY STREET - PORT PERRY, ONT - L9L 187 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" EDITORIAL Publisher/owner ..... J. Peter Hvidsten General Manager .... Don Macleod Managing Editor..... Jeff Mitchell BUSINESS OFFICE Office Manager ...Gayle Stapley Accounting...... Judy Ashby, Louise Hope Retail Sales......Kathy Dudley, Nancy Lee * CNA IZ PHONE (905) 985-7383 FAX (905) 985-3708 Sports Editor........... Kelly Lown Telemarketing..Cindy Jobin I'he Port Perry Star is authorized as second class mail by the ADVERTISING PRODUCTION P IC é . . : TO econd Class Mail Registration 0265." advertising Manager... Anna Jackman Production Supervisor - Pam HICkey 1 Communty Newspaper Association Subscription Rates: Advertising Sales........ Rhonda Mulcahy, Annabell Harrison, Ontario Community Newspaper Associaton Joanne Brambrough, Deb McEachern, Sandra Parker, Reid Bongard Trudy Empringham, Robert Taylor, Richard Drew 1 Year - $32.10 6 Months - $17.65 Foreign - $90.95 Published every Tuesday by the Includes $2 10 GST Includes $1.15 GST Includes $5.95 GST Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. - Port Perry, Ont. . "a Editorial Comment AP : | A vin ovine is Nl 1oLb EViRYTHiNG | APoARNTLY Tax grab for = ff Mw ic SUN ROSE YESTERDAY... HAPPENING AROUND JS | the GTA R HERE THisE Days... ARMM AND SET LATER THAT NigHT News Flash: Metro councillors have voted to \\ / support in principle a plan that would WN effectively eliminate their current government, ; N= and that of surrounding regions. Do {GHA A submission to be sent to the Golden ) commission on the future of the Greater bl 55 Toronto Area (GTA) calls for creation of a Peak single level of government for the area, to be ' 9 staffed by just 27 councillors, representing around 100,000 constituents each. Wow. Everybody realizes that there has to be a view to the future of the GTA, the sprawling, ever-growing metropolitan monster that has Toronto as its centre and outlying areas as its pool of human resources. As the city grows, so do its suburbs, and the pressure on the region's infrastructure increases as well. Metro is hard-pressed to feed the monster, and is looking for ways to do so. Hence the 3 plan. Ni It is, according to Scugog Regional Councillor Marilyn Pearce, "a tax grab, plain and simple." No kidding. a ---- But Metro had to submit Something to the me ------------ commission, so they chose to go with an over- S A 'S | is ) refreshing . the-top bit of hyperbole that may score some oints and see elements included in the final : Bow paper for the GTA. To the Editor: oo If the multi-billion dollar banks won't give Whether commissioners and, eventually. the It is truly refreshing to see MP Alex the figures to an MP investigating their ler , yl Shepherd take a stand on his government's dis- policies, how can the small businessman or the provincial government opt to pursue the option |. criminatory and wasteful gun control laws individual ever get them? of a new level of government for the vast area and, secondly, on the bank's disregard for small Banks have historically been the "pampered remains to be seen, but it leads to the question: business. pets" of the federal government. They have What's the use of creating another huge | (8 MP Shepherd claims his investigation on been among the biggest contributors to both government machine when so many existand | how much money is being loaned to small and the Liberal and Conservative parties for Id h be di led? a | medium size businesses hit a dead end when decades. would have to iIsmantled the banks "Fudeed." saving | ldn't b : : Coordination and cooperation among e banks "fudged, saying it cou n't e done The biggest insult to Canadian depositors is regional governments is obviously neces until 1996. Shepherd's reply: "I didn't believe it the small interest rates they pay their custom- g g y sary. in this era of high technology." Right on Alex! Please Turn to Page 15 So is regional autonomy, and government. WHEN....? Bagpipe Competition, with a first, two second and third place prizes. Fire broke out at Haugen's Barbecue, but the fire department had it under control quickly. 20 YEARS AGO Wednesday, August 20, 1975 Police are investigating the drowning of a 53-year-old Agincourt man whose body was found three days after he fell from a boat into \ 4 ae °% oe PHOTO COURTESY SCUGOG SHORES MUSEUM VILLAGE 3 45 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 17, 1950 Mr. and Mrs. H. Derkin celebrated their 15th year in business in Port Perry as proprietors of the 5 cent to $1 store. Misses Thelma and Mona Ferguson and Miss Jessie Van Camp of Blackstock are % vi taking summer courses in Toronto and Miss | |. rv . gs Lois Larmer took a course in Hamilton this » : 5 summer. The Anglican Church in Cartwright will be holding their 100th anniversary next Sunday, August 27, when a new Oak Choir Screen and paneling will be dedicated. Thursday, August 26, 1965 Ma 1 The Port Perry High School student with F'A% the highest aggregate marks in Grade 13 this year is Arianne de Boer with ten credits in her first attempt. Mr. and Mrs. John Murray presented the 4 ; 2 lawn bowling club with a beautiful trophy This photo, dated 1914 (because of the plank sidewalk), shows the store and and will be held by the club for annual open | post office in the south wing of the Edward Phoenix house, Greenbank. It was competition in the mixed doubles. demolished in 1979. Pictured from left to right are Sam Dusty, who carried mail Rosemary Nodwell of Seagrave returned | to and from Blackwater, William Phoenix, his sister Fanny (in window), from Scotland, where she had been postmistress and an unknown. participating in the Highland Games and Lake Scugog. This is the second drowning in Lake Scugog this year, the last one just three weeks prior when a man drowned off Platten Island. For the second time in two years, Bill Davidson of Port Perry and his partner Greg Cox, of Scarborough, won the North American side car racing championships at Nelson Lodges, Ohio. 10YEARS AGO Tuesday, August 20, 1985 There were four confirmed cases of foxes carringthe rabies virus in the township. A contractor was to be named for the new Catholic separate school to be built in town. The annual Blackstock ATV Pull was held at the fairgrounds. 5 ih NTT. TRI SLOT GIL SIRE PHATE. * CNG, ~ IN RAI J-- Be Cee RR ING RR a a ----------